Lavern Hall wrote:
> Thank you all for your comments. Sorry for the
> delay in responding. I have learned quite a bit about
> "syncing" and find that my concept of what syncing
> is was incorrect so what I was trying to do would
> never work. This was my first attempt at making
> two computers sync and I thought I could just make
> updates on my main computer (my case, my laptop)
> and those updates automatically take place on another
> computer; I didn't realize the steps needed to select the
> same file, unzip and restoring it were all part of the process.
>
> So, what I've been busy doing after reading your
> comments is going through the process a couple of
> times to see how it works.
> Here's what I did:
> My laptop (8.1) has my "working file" on it.
> I opened Legacy by clicking on the Legacy icon, then
> I put in some dummy changes, then saved/backed up
> the file to Dropbox. Next, I went to my computer
> (win XP). I clicked on the small Dropbox icon and it
> showed that the files were all "Up to Date," so I clicked
> on the name of the zipped file (the one I had just made
> dummy updates on and backed up to Dropbox). That
> action took me to a screen that showed the file folders
> and to the left of the list under Folder Tasks - I clicked
> on Extract All Files. That done, the correct file was there
> with the green check mark next to it, so I clicked on the
> file and it opened in Legacy-- and there were all of the
> dummy updatesI had made! I closed the program and
> went back to my laptop where I opened Legacy and
> restored the working file.
>
> Now, I *believe* I understand the process, but I'd so
> appreciate having someone verify that fact. :-)
>
> Lavern Hall
>
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I wish you would use a larger type. On my machine it comes out almost
too small to read - I can with a magnifying glass.
Elizabeth Cunningham
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